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    Chairman of Mace division banned from directorships

    2005-10-28T10:10:00Z

    Jonathan Yurtsever, chairman of recruitment arm the People Group, will not challenge eight-year disqualification.

  • Richard Steer
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    Gleeds prefers limited status to LLP

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Gleeds is to buck the recent trend among leading quantity surveyors by becoming a limited company rather than a limited liability partnership within the next five years.

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    Treasury agrees to £20,000 ‘roof tax’

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The Treasury has approved plans for a £20,000 “roof tax” on each new home in Milton Keynes.

  • Yurtsever: Not challenging ruling
    News

    Chairman of Mace division banned from directorships

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Yurtsever, chairman of recruitment arm the People Group, will not challenge eight-year disqualification

  • News

    £15m Brighton hotel delayed

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Myhotel Brighton, the exclusive hotel next to Brighton’s prize-winning Jubilee Library, has been delayed by nine months after its designs were overhauled.

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    Developers line up to bid for £4bn stations overhaul

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Stanhope, Helical Bar, British Land and Land Securities in line for work on Network Rail’s upgrade scheme

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    ‘Revolutionary’ Olympic skills database launched

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Groundbreaking computer model will analyse number of skilled workers needed to build the 2012 Games

  • Tim Pugh
    Comment

    A nuclear spring

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    To plug the energy gap, Britain’s ageing nuclear power stations must be replaced. This is what government and industry has to do to get them up and running in time

  • Michael Woods
    Comment

    Winning on penalties

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Construction may one of the worst offending industries for wasting energy, but criminalising firms won’t necessarily protect the environment

  • Comment

    The dawning of an age …

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Saturday night on Channel 4 boded well: baby off to bed nice and early, settle down with the wife and a nice glass of rioja, Kevin McCloud’s learned tones and a deserved early win for the Stealth House.

  • Comment

    … Crossed wires

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    … Crossed wiresThe Treasury castigates government contracts for being monstrously late and over budget.

  • Comment

    Strength in numbers

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Ian Abley confuses co-operation with submissiveness in his attack on collaborative working (14 October).

  • Comment

    Nothing personal

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Ian Abley’s column got me to challenge my thinking as a proponent of non-adversarial teamworking.

  • Comment

    Get to know each other better

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    I was interested to read recently published research by consultant Deloitte that highlighted the worrying yet unsurprising fact that “two-thirds of UK businesses do not even ask for detailed reporting” from suppliers.

  • Comment

    Don’t look up …

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    This is a photo from Khan el-Khalili in Cairo. The public (including us) thought nothing of walking under this JCB while it was in operation – it was being used for lifting concrete drainage sections. (It was a nice gesture that the guys stopped to smile at the camera.)

  • Illustration describing the busy schedule of a construction executive
    Features

    The Dynamos

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Your typical construction chief executive rises at 6am, goes for a run, eats a bowl of bran flakes, then has a day at work, an evening with clients and a couple of hours answering emails before retiring at 1am. Where do they get the energy from?

  • This £18m LIFT health centre by Penoyre & Prasad in Middlesex unites modern facilities and high design standards
    Features

    Cost model: LIFT healthcare schemes

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Primary healthcare is undergoing a quiet revolution, creating a network of one-stop shops. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the LIFT initiative and the new wave of healthcare buildings it is funding

  • Solarcentury has installed photovoltaic panels at The Core – an education and research facility at the Eden Project by architect Grimshaw
    Features

    Little Marvels: on-site renewable energy

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The government is convinced small-scale renewable energy will be a key force for reducing carbon emissions, and it's using everything from cash to planning policy to boost its use. Climate change consultant ESD looks at nine technologies that could be eligible for grants

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    Features

    Exhausting our energy

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Changes to the energy efficiency regulations may be crucial, but the sheer frustration of waiting for them is increasingly wearing the industry down. In the second part of our Reform the Regs campaign series, Alex Smith examines the trouble with Part L and talks to the initiative’s latest supporters

  • News

    RICS steps in to clarify e-tendering process

    2005-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The RICS has stepped in to clarify electronic tendering by publishing a 10-step guide to help quantity surveyors confused by the system.